G66: Red Sox 6, Diamondbacks 3

PA reports that Daniel Nava will leadoff tonight. Bill Hall will play shortstop as Marco Scutaro had a "procedure" on his neck yesterday (according to Terry Francona) to help with his pinched nerve.

Kennedy has pitched quite well for Arizona, allowing three or fewer earned runs in 11 of his 13 starts. Since May 1, he has a 2.42 ERA in eight starts (52 innings). However, Kennedy has allowed 14 home runs -- only three pitchers have given up more.

Although Kennedy worked in 14 games for the Yankees in 2007-09, he has never pitched against Boston. The only Red Sox batter he has ever faced is Victor Martinez (one single in three PA on April 26, 2008).

Buchholz has the 4th best AL ERA and is at 2.42 over his last six starts. He has never faced anyone currently on the Snakes.

1902 - Corsicana routs Texarkana 51-3. The Texas League game was played in a ballpark with either very short fences (about 200-210 to right) or no fences at all. Most accounts state that Corsicana hit 21 home runs, with catcher Justin "Nig" Clarke hitting eight of them -- in eight consecutive at-bats. (Or maybe Clarke hit only three dongs.) Some telegraph operators, thinking the final score was a typo, reported it as 5-3.

1928 - Ty Cobb steals home for the 54th and final time in his 24-year career.

1938 - Cincinnati's Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second consecutive no-hitter, defeating the Dodgers 6-0, in the first night game played at Ebbets Field. On June 11, Vander Meer no-hit the Boston Braves, 3-0.

1976 - Oakland owner Charlie Finley sells Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the Red Sox (and sells Vida Blue to the Yankees). Three days later, Commissioner Asshole Bowie Kuhn voids both deals, saying they are "not in the best interests of baseball".

Just because it doesn't bother you doesn't mean it's not racist. The picture is also highly offensive.

I hear you, but I liken it to "Chippewas" or "Seminoles," which the Chippewas and Seminoles have given their OK for. That being said, I cannot believe that in 2010, they are still using that @#$%ing logo. Jeez, just use the old "C" or ... anything.

Hi All, I just got home too. Very excited to have a package from Amazon waiting for me. It is the boxed set of five books in the Wrinkle in Time series. I read Wrinkle last weekend, but my books are so old they are falling apart. I didn't know there were five in the series. So, I have two new ones to read!

If you notice my avatar, it is the new logo of my college: William & Mary. We used to be the Indians, appropriately named as we used to be a school for Native Americans. We changed the name to Tribe many years ago, anticipating PC stuff. Our logo was a very nice looking interlocking WM with two small feathers coming up from the M. The NCAA (in all their brilliance) decided that the feathers were "hostile and offensive" and we had to get rid of them. The Florida State Seminoles can keep their horseback-riding Indian who plants a flaming spear at mid field before each game, but we have to get rid of our feathers. The Seminole Tribe said it was okay for Fl. State to use their name. We didn't have a specific tribe affiliation and even though we got permission from all area Virginia tribes, we could not keep our feathers. Kinda silly, huh?

L- Not silly that a flaming spear throwing man dressed as an Indian and riding horseback is not "hostile and abusive" but two feathers are?

Mrs G, that doesn't make sense, certainly. I'd remove both and wouldn't find that silly. I'd remove all that stuff, no matter what the supposed traditions of the schools. That's what I meant I didn't find silly.

But then, I have no school loyalty whatsoever, so it's easy for me, I don't relate to the uproar over changing a logo or a team name.

On the racist team name/logo issue, I think that you can never be too careful when it comes to the sensitivities of others. I personally do not find it offensive that Yale, for example, uses Hebrew in its motto. Maybe some Jews would, though I think the context is such that it is not likely. But using feathers seems more like using an ethnic symbol in a light-hearted and irreverent and thus possibly disrespectful way.

I think it's a tough line to draw. Is the Celtics name and logo offensive? Does it matter whether the group used is one that has been historically oppressed or discriminated against? Would Swiss people be offended by a team that used goats or yodelers to depict a ski team called the Alpines?

If the Celtics used a drunken man beating up his wife as their logo, Irish people might find it offensive. The native-themed logos generally trade in caricature. The name "Braves" is caricature in itself.

Amy, Allan wasn't joking re being male and comemnts here. We've seen it time and again here. Allan and I will both say the same thing in comments, and a male commenter slams me for it and says nothing to him. Some commenters have completely gone off at me - and only me - when everyone else on the thread is saying the same thing. And all the commenters are men.

The response from alums to the feather issue has been all over the place. My husband does not mind them being gone at all. He says no one cared about them until we had to get rid of them. I miss them, but don't really care that they are gone as much as I am outraged at the NCAA's obvious favoritism in allowing many schools to keep their Indian references. If they truly cared about the issue, they all would be gone (as Laura says). Then, we have our crazy alums who think we should sue the NCAA and get our feathers back.

I'm glad they came up with a workable new mascot that has gotten a positive reception so far.

I do think a Leprechaun is offensive to Irish people, but I don't know if anyone else does.

But Boston is the Irish capital of the US. What do any of these other towns, cities and colleges have to do with Native people? I find the name "Washington Redskins" particularly gruesome, given the history of Washington (the govt, not the person) ordering the genocide of said "redskins".

The idea of nicknames for teams is strange anyway. Why have them at all? Why not call the teams Boston or Florida or Cleveland? Maybe fans would call certain teams "Idiots" or something but it would not stick years later.

I am sorry you are hurt, Laura. And I was not mocking your feelings---it just is so obvious to me that men have advantages, get away with more---I see it every time there is a faculty meeting, and women's contributions are ignored, men get all the credit. In 2010. So it was an ironic "Ha," not laughing at you or your feelings.

Going back to Allan's question about why teams need nicknames....back in the olden days when so many cities had multiple teams, how would they have distinguished them? Or even with multiple sports. If a headline read "NY Beats Boston"---could be Yankees v Red Sox, Mets v Red Sox, Knicks v Celtics, Jets v Patriots, etc.

Read the Wiki on the Wrinkle books on what books are considered part of the series and what aren't. The last time we talked, I knew there had been more since I was reading them (the third, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, was the last I remembered from my youth.) But apparently there are others featuring the characters' children but aren't considered part of the series.

I could see Pepe was angry and Laura was hurt, which was hard to read. I myself believe the Indian names are problematic, though I understand changing them would also be problematic.

As for the interpersonal stuff the exchange brought up, the only thing I feel compelled to mention is something from my experience. In the heat of an argument, one of my brothers once accused me of always having to have the last word. This was very hurtful to hear, and his phrasing was far from kind. But I had to admit, on reflection, to some fault on my part.

I realize that my last (and previously only) comment on the "-isms" discussion was a bit cavalier and did't adequately recognize that there was some real emotional intensity present in comments here on several issues that can be pretty charged in discussion. I don't have anything of value to add to the discussion at this point, but certainly no offense was meant.

As for the interpersonal stuff the exchange brought up, the only thing I feel compelled to mention is something from my experience. In the heat of an argument, one of my brothers once accused me of always having to have the last word. This was very hurtful to hear, and his phrasing was far from kind. But I had to admit, on reflection, to some fault on my part.

I guess that's your way of saying that you see me that way - which is fine. I appreciate the insight.

I can see how in a thread discussion I can seem that way, although in person I'm very willing to let things go. I can try to end discussions earlier, not repeat myself. It's a useful challenge.

Going back over the thread, I see that I did repeat myself. That isn't to get some mythical last word, or to try to convince anyone that I am right. It's only because I was still thinking it. So instead of saying to myself, don't repeat yourself, you've already made that point, I just typed it.

I feel no need to always be "right" - and certainly feel nothing like that about this specific issue. I really only meant to continue the discussion.

That's my story. The other half of the story is that what Pepe said has no place in gamethreads, both in the way he said it and his voicing his opinion of me. As I said earlier and will gladly repeat, I'm sure we've all had thoughts about fellow commenters that may not always be kind - but we refrain from typing them, because it's not appropriate.

One can say, "This is how I feel and I don't want to discuss it anymore" (or words to that effect), and that is very different from "You are such-and-such".